Review: Another Big Machine – ABM [2008]

Louisiana quartet Another Big Machine takes the well paved pop-rock route of Nickelback and Daughtry, and mixes it with dollops of country twang and Warped Tour edge on their latest offering ABM. Successfully soaring with lush instrumentation, a la sellout-era Aerosmith, should garnish a slew of pop-rock interest for this unit — but there’s a side to them that can confidently cruise down the Sunset Strip displayed here as well, showing the band’s rock versatility. And even though many will find ABM a bit on the sappy end of the spectrum, to the throngs of people who need a buffer between Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox 20 (and a few Kleenex), here’s your go-to band. www.myspace.com/anotherbigmachine -Mike SOS